Ethiopia

Meeting Africa’s universal health challenge

The right to health is a basic human right, one that depends on access to timely and affordable health care of appropriate quality. Yet, we know ... that approximately 100 million people globally are needlessly pushed into poverty every year as a result of costly health care expenditure.

UNHCR lacks funds to tackle South Sudan refugee overcrowding

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has bemoaned the lack of funds to manage the ever increasing numbers of South Sudan refugees ... to neighbouring countries such as Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ethiopia: The end, the means

The state-driven economic model leaves no room for dissenting voices as Ethiopia sticks to its 11.2% growth target, with manufacturing leading ... the way.

Employment: Take these broken wings and learn to fly

Don't say it too loud: government can run some businesses well, as long as it is done at arm's length. Ethiopian Airlines posted $148m in profit ... last year, eclipsing the combined $100m that all other public and private African carriers reported.

Italy, Ethiopia sign 20 million euro migration agreement

Aid agencies and donors signed a 20 million euro grant agreement on Thursday to stem irregular migration from Northern and Central Ethiopia. ...

Ethiopian Airlines signs new deal with German firm

Ethiopian Airlines has contracted a German company, Lufthansa Technik to supply it with comprehensive component support for its new Airbus A350 ... fleet.

Aviation: Ethiopian Airlines, SA firm in aerospace joint venture

Ethiopian Airlines has signed an agreement with a South African company that will see the two firms forming a joint venture that will spearhead ... a new aerospace manufacturing entity in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: Japanese firm acquires huge stake in State-owned tobacco company

Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) has sealed the purchase of a substantial share in Ethiopia's National Tobacco Enterprise – a state-owned tobacco ... monopoly.

Ethiopia earns $3,4 billion from tourism

Ethiopia earned more than $3.4 billion from tourism receipts in the fiscal year that ended on July7, a huge leap from last year's ... revenues.??

East Africa’s IGAD seek special UN mandate to secure South Sudan’s capital

East Africa's Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD, is seeking a revision of UN Peacekeeping force in South Sudan (UNMISS)'s mandate ... in an effort to set up an intervention brigade that will secure Juba, that country's capital.